title: The attitude of parents to the use of computer-assisted interviewing in a child psychiatry service.
abstract: Before undergoing interview, parents reported that a computer-assisted interview would lack the friendly and personal approach of one conducted by a clinician but, after completing the interview, parents showed more acceptance of the procedure. Computer-assisted interviewing has the potential to play an important role in the collection of clinically relevant information from both parents and children referred to child psychiatry services.
authors.affiliation: Evaluation Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Adelaide Children's Hospital, South Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarris
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baghurst
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalucy
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008016:Life Change Events; D008838:Microcomputers; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*